Evening Shaohua in the Red House

When Li Wan saw that Sister Feng was only eating tea and talking about the housekeeper's daily routine, Li Wan felt a little bit of the other party's intentions in his heart. He couldn't help but feel a little strange. Regarding the matter of playing cards and drinking wine, and using people as a weapon, I was a little puzzled in my heart, could it be that they found out in my own courtyard?

It's just that Sister Feng didn't say anything clearly, and she didn't want to ask too many questions. When she changed her mind, she just didn't know, and said, "I haven't thanked my sister yet. There were many troubles before. I'm not in good health, and I have to take care of Brother Lang." , my sister is helping my wife with the affairs of your elder brother's death, I am really grateful, if there is anything that can help, my sister just asks."

Sister Feng was a little surprised when she heard the words, she glanced at Li Wan, put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is so straightforward, I won't beat around the bush, I do have something to ask sister-in-law about today, I think sister-in-law has heard of it too. In the past few days, I have been leading people to investigate the gambling at night.

Those old mothers are really inappropriate. They played cards and drank wine before, but it was just a secret for a while, or there would be a night game when sitting at night, or throwing dice, or fighting cards. But for the sake of sleepiness, this is also common.

Unexpectedly, these people became more and more courageous, and they started a game to bet on the manor, winning and losing a huge amount, they warned a few times, but they just fell on deaf ears. A few days ago, a few people had a drink and got into a fight because of losing money. There was a lot of trouble.

The old lady was furious when she found out, and ordered me to conduct a thorough investigation. Today, there are more than 20 people who gather gambling, including two from the big family and six from the small family. One of the small family members is Mama Zheng in the sister-in-law’s yard. , so I come to ask my sister-in-law for instructions. "

Since Sister Feng took over the housework, she has been worried that Li Wan will be unhappy. Although their long-term housekeeper is justified, and it is everyone's rule that the widow and grandma don't care about the house, but Li Wan has always helped Mrs. Wang in managing the house. The daughter-in-law gave the housekeeping power to someone else, and felt a little unhappy in her heart.

Today I want to take the people in her yard again. As the saying goes, if you beat a dog to see its master, if one is not handled properly, people will gossip about it, saying that she bullied the widowed sister-in-law as soon as she was a housekeeper. She was so smart, she could see her intention at a glance.

Li Wan looked at her face to distinguish the color, and after a little thought, she understood Sister Feng's thoughts, and said with a slight smile: "I have heard that my sister is the hero of the makeup team, so I will kill you decisively."

, As expected, my reputation is well-deserved, and my sister doesn't have to be afraid of me being overwhelmed. As the saying goes, there is no rule, and you can deal with it as you like. My sister can take care of herself, and I have no objection. "

These days, she has recognized everyone in the courtyard clearly. Madam Zheng was originally the nurse next to Jia Zhu. Later, when Jia Zhu got married and moved to this Xikua courtyard, she was asked to take care of the gate. Regardless of things like passing messages and delivering things, she is greedy for petty gains, relying on the fact that the old man next to her master often bullies the little girls below, and also likes to gossip and gossip.

Li Wan had long wanted to find an excuse to get rid of her, but he never got the chance, so naturally he would not fight against Sister Feng because of her.

As for the housekeeper, she has no objection. Sister Feng is the eldest daughter-in-law, and the name of the housekeeper is justified. What's more, the housekeeper seems to be a good job, but it is really thankless. Hot potato.

Sister Feng didn't expect Li Wan to be so eloquent, she felt relieved when she heard this, she signaled to the daughter-in-law in charge, and the daughter-in-law went to bring Madam Zheng over.

Madam Zheng turned pale with fright, she knelt in the yard and kowtowed her head begging for mercy, "I don't dare anymore, please forgive me this time, grandma!"

Li Wan sighed, and ordered Fu Ling to take 20 taels of silver, and said, "I can't intercede for you on this matter, since you have served the uncle for a while, you can take the money, so that you can live a better life after you get out." After all, he waved his hand.

Sister Feng understood, and ordered her mother-in-law to take him down, then turned to Li Wan and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

Li Wan said: "It's just a trivial matter. It's not easy to be a housekeeper. You are also responsible. Now that everything in the house is taken care of by my sister, there is nothing wrong with it. I'm afraid I will trouble you in the future."

Sister Feng laughed quickly when she heard the words: "Sister-in-law is too polite, why should a family talk about two different things, just send someone to tell me if there is anything in the future."

She married into Jia's mansion in August, and within a few days of entering the house, she met Jia Zhuqiuwei, and then Jia Zhu died of a serious illness. The funeral was arranged, and Jia's family was in a hurry. She didn't have close friends with Li Wan. The elder sister-in-law is a virtuous person, but she is too soft-tempered. Today, she realizes that she has misjudged her. Although she has a gentle temperament, she acts kindly and with firmness. She is actually a very intelligent and transparent person.

Li Wan responded with a smile, "I will definitely trouble you in the future."

After leaving Li Wan's courtyard, Sister Feng went to several other places to pass on all the people and deal with them one by one.After taking care of everything, Fang turned around and came to Jiamu to go to the room to say hello

As soon as he entered the door, he saw that Mrs. Wang was also serving in front of Jia Mu.

Sister Feng told Jiamu and Mrs. Wang about today's matter, "All the dice and cards have been burned. The leaders played twenty boards each, and they were thrown out and not allowed to be used again. The followers took away the March money and sent it to Zhuangzi. .”

Mother Jia nodded and said to Mrs. Wang: "I knew that Zhu'er's daughter-in-law is a sensible one. There is one thing I wanted to mention a long time ago, but I kept forgetting it. I thought that now that Zhu'er has gone, Zhu'er-in-law For widows who are unemployed, the monthly allowance of five taels may not be enough, so why don't you add more, what do you think?"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly laughed and said: "Of course it's good for an old lady to love her grandson and daughter-in-law. If that's the case, then add another five taels. What does the old lady think?"

Jia's mother sighed: "Ten taels is still a little less. Zhu's daughter-in-law is really pitiful, and she has no income. There is a kid. I think it's better to add another ten taels."

Mrs. Wang was startled, and hesitated: "20 taels? Doesn't that mean it's shoulder to shoulder with the old lady? Isn't there something wrong?"

Mother Jia waved her hand, "There's nothing wrong with it. Zhu'er daughter-in-law is young and respectful. It's just that our family can't help her. It's just a few months of money. What's worth it?"

Li Wan has a virtuous disposition and acts prudently. After entering the family, he was filial to Weng Gu and considerate to her husband. Jia's mother was very satisfied. Now that she is young and chaste, naturally it hurts a little more.

Mrs. Wang was only afraid of gossip at first, but now that Mother Jia had spoken, she stopped talking and said with a smile: "Then follow the old lady's opinion."

Mother Jia looked at Wang Xifeng, "Now that you are the housekeeper, I will leave this matter to you. Your sister-in-law is no better than you, and she has no income. The widow is unemployed. It's really pitiful. Don't be jealous, thinking that I only love her. I hurt you."

Wang Xifeng had a rich dowry, and now she was in charge of the house, so she naturally didn't pay attention to the 20 taels of silver. What's more, what happened to Li Wan today made her very sympathetic. After hearing this, she hurriedly laughed and said: "The old lady said that. But I am so ashamed, I will not be jealous if I am ignorant, the elder sister-in-law is young and virtuous, she is admirable, it is only natural for the old lady to feel a little bit more pain."

Jia Mu nodded and smiled, "That's good."

Mrs. Wang also had a smile in her eyes, showing satisfaction.

One day, Li Wan had just coaxed Jia Lan to sleep, and was sitting in the warm pavilion watching the maids doing needlework, when he saw Ping'er walking in with a few maids carrying two bundles of pine flowers, bullets and ink silk, and two boxes, smiling. He said to Li Wan, "Congratulations to Grandma."

While giving up his seat, Li Wan asked in confusion, "Where does the joy come from?"

Ping'er pointed

Pointing to the burden box in the girl's hand, she said with a smile: "The old lady discussed with the wife before, and from now on, grandma's monthly payment will be changed to 20 taels, which is the monthly payment for this month.

These are the new winter clothes and jewelry made in the house, and our grandma sent me to bring them together. "

Mei Xiang and the others looked at each other when they heard the words, they were both surprised and happy. Money is a trivial matter, what matters is how much the old lady and his wife value their grandma.

Li Wan thanked Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang in the direction of the upper room, and Fang smiled to Ping'er: "This cold weather is brought to you. Sit down and drink a cup of hot tea."

Fu Ling took out the kettle from the thermos and poured a cup of hot tea for Ping'er, "Take a couple of sips to warm your body."

Mei Xiang also ordered the little girl to bring up a plate of vermilion tangerines and freshly steamed lotus root powder sugar cake, and said with a smile: "Sister Ping'er rarely comes to sit down, and try our sugar cake too."

Ping'er hurriedly got up and took it, saying: "This is not acceptable."

Li Wan laughed and said, "There's nothing you can't bear, just sit down and have a rest."

The little girl also brought the twig over, Ping'er hurriedly thanked her, sat down at a slant, and drank tea with her head down, showing the snow-white skin around her neck.

Ping'er is only 13 years old this year, but she is a natural beauty, and she looks good at a young age.

Everyone looked carefully and saw that she was wearing a moon-white satin jacket that was about [-]% new, covered with a lotus-colored toothpick waistcoat, a white silk pleated skirt, and a sweat scarf of the same color around her waist.

A head of black and fine hair is combed into a unique double-ring bun, with a pair of small hairpins inlaid with silver silkworm fungus and beads in the hairpin, and a light yellow palace flower on the other hairpin. The newly bloomed Han Ou is slim and graceful.

Li Wan admired secretly in his heart, at such a young age, he had such a good looks, no one would doubt him when he went out and said he was the daughter of a rich family, but it was a pity that his fate was unlucky, she was a girl, and in the future she would have to compromise between Sister Feng and Jia Lian. It's really pathetic.

After taking two sips of tea, Ping'er said with a smile to Li Wan: "These clothes are made of new materials last month, and the jewelry is also made according to grandma's usual preferences. Grandma will see if she likes it. I asked the following to redo it."

Say hello, the girls opened their bundles, only to see that in one bundle was a moon-white feather satin double-breasted gown with embroidered branches of magnolia, a lotus-colored embroidered pleated skirt, and the other was an autumn-colored double-breasted gown with apricot-colored Ruyi pinch. Bian Ru skirt, and a lotus blue duoluo fox fur cloak, attached to the Guanyin pocket.

These sets of clothes are exquisite in workmanship and fine in stitches. They are all good silk and satin for use in the world, and the color is very elegant. Earrings and earrings are all available, with exquisite workmanship and unique patterns, which are suitable for Li Wan to wear as a filial piety today.

Li Wan looked at it, nodded his head and said: "There is no need to change it, it will be great this way, don't worry about it, thank you grandma for me."

Ping'er hurriedly laughed, "Grandma, you are too outspoken, this is what our grandma should do."

Everyone chatted and laughed, Ping'er drank another cup of tea, sat for a while and then left.